Arts & Culture
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American Dream turned deadly
He just needs to pass the bar now. But blue-collar Conor’s life spirals after a tangled affair at old-money seaside enclave in Teddy Wayne’s literary thriller
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Just one family’s history – and the world’s
Claire Messud’s autobiographically inspired new novel traces ordinary lives through WWII, new world orders, Big Oil, and rise and fall of ideals
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Digging into the Philippines Collections at the Peabody Museum
Filipino American archivist offers personal perspective to exhibit
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Better to be talented or lucky?
If you want fame, Cass Sunstein says, it typically requires some of both — and is no pure meritocracy
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‘Tell the cities about us … and tell our neighbors about what we do’
‘HUM SAB EK’ harvests stories of self-employed Indian women’s hardships — and victories
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A Chekhov play relatable to Americans today
At first, Heidi Schreck wasn’t sure the world needed another take on ‘Uncle Vanya’
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After America reopens, a healthy roadmap for theater
In collaboration with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the American Repertory Theater is working on how it and other theaters can re-emerge in the wake of the current health crisis, uniting the community through great art while keeping audiences, performers, and theater staffers safe. It’s called “The Roadmap to Recovery and Resilience for Theater.”
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After America reopens, a healthy roadmap for theater
In collaboration with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the American Repertory Theater is working on how it and other theaters can re-emerge in the wake of the current health crisis, uniting the community through great art while keeping audiences, performers, and theater staffers safe. It’s called “The Roadmap to Recovery and Resilience for Theater.”
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Spirituality, social justice, and climate change meet at the crossroads
Dan McKanan of Harvard Divinity School discusses the ways in which spirituality interacts with climate change and how religious organizations have ensured environmentalism includes social justice.
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Self-help books, literature, and how they help us live
In a new book, Harvard Assistant Professor of English Beth Blum traces the historical relationship between self-help and literature.
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Danger in creating an English-language library in Gaza
Harvard Scholar at Risk and poet Abu Toha created the first English-language library in Gaza.
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A peek at a critical time for Japan through its art
A new Harvard Art Museums exhibit features more than 120 works from the Feinberg Collection and captures the evolving nature of Japanese painting over more than 200 years.
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Unraveling a fine arts mystery
Harvard Art Museums’ restoration and research on a portrait of King Philip has both shed light and raised questions about the copy versus an original.
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Good things come in ancient packages
Project to make complete visual digital records of three 3,000-year-old coffins turns up a painting of a deity.
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Now that she has the floor
Tap dancer Ayodele Casel swings into the spotlight — and brings her predecessors with her.
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‘Stand Up’ for best song
Recent alums Joshuah Campbell and Gabe Fox-Peck discuss their Best Song Oscar nomination for “Harriet.”
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Girl with the golden arm
In this excerpt from Gish Jen’s satiric new novel, a star pitcher struggles against the police state in a riven, dystopian America.
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Hot fun in the wintertime
A selection of theater, music, and art events in Boston this winter.
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How voices shaped Gloria Steinem
New A.R.T. play, “Gloria: A Life,” explores Steinem’s past and feminism today through talking circles.
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Sundance in the spotlight
When the Sundance Film Festival begins, Harvard’s artistic talent will be well represented by Shirley Chen ’22 and Lance Oppenheim ’19.
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Hitchcock’s silent side
For the next month the Harvard Film Archive will showcase Alfred Hitchcock’s early works, a set of nine films on loan from the British Film Institute, which restored and rereleased the 35 millimeter prints in 2014.
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Christine Leunens, uncaged
Christine Leunens, A.L.M. ’04, will be watching the Oscars on Feb. 9 as “Jojo Rabbit,” based on her award-winning second novel, “Caging Skies,” has been nominated for six Oscars, including best picture.
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‘Thumbelina’ carries big message to the stage
Harvard junior Julia Riew decided to bring a special message to the A.R.T. stage with “Thumbelina,” this year’s family holiday show.
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Curating the future
An exhibit of indigenous-language materials is now housed in Tozzer Library. The exhibit will run until June 2020.
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Giving voice to the heart
With her new opera, the composer’s goal was to transform one of the largest music theaters in Germany into a space “where there is nobody else.”
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Baby, you can drive my car
Beatles scholar Kenneth Womack will talk about the Beatles and feminism on Dec. 12 at Harvard.
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The art of crafting a carol
Memorial Church composer in residence Carson Cooman discusses his latest noel.
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Keeping home close after you leave it
Exhibit explores themes of immigration, home, and belonging with art.
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Come to the cabaret
“Truth Hurts: A Transformational Cabaret,” designed and performed by Harvard students in Theater, Dance & Media, embraces the anything-goes form in a dramatic satire of campus life.
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Angela Davis in black and white and gray
A new exhibit at Radcliffe, curated from Angela Davis’ personal archive, chronicles the life of a complicated activist and scholar
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Sing me Ishmael
Dave Malloy, who turned “War and Peace” into Tony Award-winning musical, takes on “Moby-Dick.”
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Hip-hop steps up
In Aysha Upchurch’s new course, “Hip Hop Dance: Exploring the Groove and the Movement Beneath and Beyond the Beat,” students learn the histories behind some of their favorite moves.
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Speak, memory
At the Radcliffe Institute, Alaskan Inupiaq poet and Harvard alum Joan Naviyuk Kane keeps her language and culture alive through her art and her family.
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Unearthing buried history
Harvard University professor Matt Liebmann is an archaeologist who has spent decades alongside the people of Jemez Pueblo, using science to give fresh life to tribal stories.
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Poetry in motion
Prolific writer, scholar, and cultural organizer Eve L. Ewing is focused on community-based arts and culture projects in her city of Chicago.
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Music everywhere
Scientists at Harvard published a study on music as a cultural product, which examines what features of song tend to be shared across societies.